Disable Windows® 7 Pop-ups

What are pop-up alerts and how to disable Windows 7 pop-ups?

Some Operating Systems are just for industrial purpose. Some Operating Systems are designed for just individual use purposes. But there are few Operating Systems that provide usage for all people. Microsoft Windows Operating Systems are one of the most widely used OS across the world. Many versions of Windows OS were released and among these versions, the latest one called as Windows 7. It renders first-class experience in handling computers. Some attractive features of Windows 7 made it very famous among many people. Appearance is a great plus point for Windows 7 OS. Even though this OS had some attractive features, this also had some small drawbacks. But these drawbacks can also rectified manually. One of the small drawbacks of this OS is the occurrence of pop-up alters. But, some simple steps can be taken to disable Windows 7 pop-ups easily.

Let us discuss how to disable pop-up alerts in Windows 7:

Overview of Windows 7

Pop-up Alerts in Windows 7

Disabling pop-up alerts in Windows 7

Overview of Windows 7

Windows 7 was released in the year of 2009 for overcoming the disadvantages that are faced while using Windows Vista Operating System. So, Microsoft took special care to render user friendly OS like Windows XP and with good looking feature of Windows Vista. As a result of this, Windows 7 came into existence in 2009. People who have used Windows 7 OS after its release felt that this version of OS form Microsoft Windows has fulfilled all the requirements that combine the features of both Windows XP and Windows Vista.

Pop-up alerts in Windows 7

In Windows 7, whenever the mouse is positioned over any icon or menu, a pop-up alert will be displayed for describing the particular object. Some people find it OK to read the description. But, some people do not. Similarly, some pop-up windows are also displayed in case of any errors occurred or any notification. In such cases, these windows create interruptions to the user while working seriously. So many people started to find solution for solving the two problems of pop-up alerts in Windows 7 system and choose to disable Windows 7 popups.

Disabling op-up alerts is Windows 7

In case of pop-up descriptions that are displayed while positioning the mouse pointer over some folder, files and tabs of the taskbar, an alteration in Folder Options is to be done. For this click 'Start' menu and type 'Folder' Options. Now, the Control Panel for the Folder Options will be displayed. In this panel, get access to the View tab. In this tab, check for check box with the statement 'Show pop-up description for folders and desktop items'. Just uncheck this option and click OK. In case of blocking some pop-up messages given by Windows 7, just type the term 'Action Center' in the search box that displays after clicking 'Start' menu. Now Select 'CHANGE ACTION CENTRE SETTINGS' link from the left panel of the folder. Now you will be directed to a window having 'TURN MESSAGE ON or OFF' option. Just uncheck the notifications that you do not want to appear while you are working on Windows 7. Now the settings will be saved. Thus, the pop-up alerts in Windows 7 OS can be disabled.

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